The Utah State Office of Education sponsored a meeting in Alpine to discuss aspects of the Common Core — a broad framework of educational standards that have been adopted in whole or in part in 45 states.

The Utah State Office of Education sponsored a meeting in Alpine to discuss aspects of the Common Core — a broad framework of educational standards that have been adopted in whole or in part in 45 states.

Comments exchanged between parents, educators and citizens at the meeting became heated at times, as shown in the video on the left.

The Common Core is a framework for setting academic standards nationally. But as U.S. News & World Report published yesterday, “lawmakers in some states hope to halt the transition to the Common Core State Standards, even as school districts across the country are rolling them out.”

Today at 4 p.m., the Deseret News live streamed a USOE sponsored meetings from Davis County’s district office building in Farmington.

An in-depth story on the Common Core is forthcoming. In the meantime, here are some additional news stories, op-eds and letters to the editor about the Common Core Standards.

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Deseret News, thank you for covering this issue that is so important for
parents, teachers and legislators to understand.

I hope parents, the
state school board, Governor Herbert and legislators can work together to
recognize our terrible
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4:51 p.m. April 23, 2013

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groberts0925

granby, CO

Where are they getting these statistics that simply are not being shown to
anyone - they keep saying we are being told!!!! I want the facts to back it
up...where are these facts??? My children four with special needs have no use
to be involved with
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6:03 p.m. April 23, 2013

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thefid

Kearns, UT

Common core is just another attempt to unconstitutionally federalize education.
Our founding fathers wanted to avoid this for this very purpose. The
constitution rejects a centralized schooling system.